Ah, origin stories. Every culture and religion has one, and sometimes they can be quite weird. In the mainstream traditional ancient Greek theology/philosophy, as...
Dante Alighieri (c. 1265-1321)
"The highest Good
Unlimited, ineffable, doth so speed
To love, as beam to lucid body darts,
Giving as much of ardour as it finds."
...
Emperor Constans II ascended to the throne of the Empire of Constantinople in 641. About two decades later, around the year 662/663, Constans notably...
This painting, by the Italian artist Francesco Maffei (c. 1605 – 1660), re-creates a fantastical episode from the poetic works of Torquato Tasso (c....
A woman known as Yngvild All-Men’s-Sister lived in Iceland around the 10th century. Her parents were Hamund Hell-Skin and Helga Helgadottir, but there was...
Chief Joseph
(Nez Percé/Nimiipuu leader, c. 1840-1904)
"I have heard talk and talk, but nothing is done. Good words do not last long until they amount...
This painting, by the American artist Samuel Finley Breese Morse (c. 1791–1872), depicts a scene of Greco-Roman mythology. Although the painter graced the work...
Murasaki Shikibu (10th and 11th century Japanese novelist)
"We all have our own destiny, and no one knows where it will lead."
From Murasaki Shikibu's The...
Apollonius of Rhodes (3rd century BCE)
"Please do not
be one among the race of humandkind
whose minds by minor errors tumble rashly
into disaster."
From Apollonius of Rhodes'...
Brynhild (from the Saga of the Volsungs)
"It is better to fight with your enemies than to be burned at home."
From The Saga of the Volsungs (chapter 22),...
In regard to amending laws, the famous Greek philosopher, Aristotle (c. 384-322 BCE), believed that law codes should indeed be fixed and improved when...
Thorir Olvirsson was an up-and-coming, youthful 11th-century Norwegian nobleman who cultivated a lot of good will with the people living in the regions around...
Ah, origin stories. Every culture and religion has one, and sometimes they can be quite weird. In the mainstream traditional ancient Greek theology/philosophy, as...
Dante Alighieri (c. 1265-1321)
"The highest Good
Unlimited, ineffable, doth so speed
To love, as beam to lucid body darts,
Giving as much of ardour as it finds."
...
Emperor Constans II ascended to the throne of the Empire of Constantinople in 641. About two decades later, around the year 662/663, Constans notably...
This painting, by the Italian artist Francesco Maffei (c. 1605 – 1660), re-creates a fantastical episode from the poetic works of Torquato Tasso (c....
Chief Joseph
(Nez Percé/Nimiipuu leader, c. 1840-1904)
"I have heard talk and talk, but nothing is done. Good words do not last long until they amount...
